Electrical & Power Industry News: Power/Electricity Distribution

igus unveils 168 motion plastics innovations igus increases the pace of innovation despite the pandemic: high investments in digitalisation, logistics and remote consulting increased online sales by 30 per cent in 2020 and mitigated the decline in sales by 4.8 per cent. The motion plastics specialist is also breaking new ground in terms of sustainability and product innovation, and will be presenting more innovations than ever before with 168 tribo-polymer...

Best Power Equipments supplied 2,000 UPS amidst Covid Noida-based Best Power Equipments (BPE) announced that the company supplied 2,000 number of UPS and power back-up solutions during COVID. Amidst the crisis, BPE was able to deliver UPS to large hospitals, Covid testing centres, telecom, paper mills, government undertaking and airports across the country. They delivered at Hinduja Hospital (20KVA UPS to Covid 19 testing centres), AIIMS Patna Hospital (100 KVA),...

Maharashtra starts electrical inspection of Covid hospitals In the wake of recent fire incidents in hospitals, Maharashtra’s energy department has started safety inspections and audit of electrical installations in government as well as in private Covid hospitals, an official statement said. It adds, “The major area of the inspection and safety audit would be ICUs, AC system and lifts.” Taking cognisance of recent fire incidents in hospitals, the state energy minister...

Siemens, Messer to cooperate on 70 MW green hydrogen projects in Spain Siemens Energy and Messer Group have entered into a cooperation agreement with the goal to work on green hydrogen projects in the 5 to 50 Megawatt (MW) range for industrial and mobility applications. Within the framework of this agreement Messer Ibérica has already submitted three clean hydrogen projects in the chemical complex of Tarragona to the Spanish government....

Reliance and BP start up second new deepwater gas field in KG D6 block Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and BP today announced the start of production from the Satellite Cluster gas field in block KG D6 off the east coast of India. RIL and BP have been developing three deep-water gas developments in block KG D6 – R Cluster, Satellite Cluster and MJ – which together are expected to produce around...

Power Grid to launch InvIT IPO on April 29 State-owned Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) to launch its Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) on April 29. PowerGrid, in a regulatory filings with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), said that its issue comprises Rs 4,994 crore of fresh issuance and an offer for sale, the amount of which was undisclosed. It said, “The selling unitholder will be entitled to the proceeds...

EDF submits binding techno-commercial offer for Jaitapur French state-run power utility firm Électricité de France S.A.(EDF) has submitted binding techno-commercial offer to state-run Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd (NPCIL) for construction of six EPR reactors at Jaitapur site in Maharashtra.  As per the offer, EDF will provide the EPR technology for the construction of six reactors. The Group relies on the know-how of its subsidiary Framatome to supply the engineering...

Ola announces World’s Largest Electric 2-Wheeler Charging Network Ola Electric today revealed its plans for providing charging solutions to all its electric two wheeler customers and unveiled the Ola Hypercharger Network, the charging network for its upcoming two wheeler products starting with the Ola Scooter to be launched in the coming months. Ola will offer the most comprehensive set of charging options to its electric vehicle customers through a combination of...

Subex launches HyperSense, an end-to-end augmented analytics platform Subex, a pioneer in Digital Trust, today launches HyperSense, an end-to-end Augmented Analytics platform that helps enterprises make faster, better decisions by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the data value chain. Developed based on Subex’s extensive data analytics experience, HyperSense contains all the Augmented Analytics capabilities enterprises need in one flexible and modular platform. HyperSense‘s unique no-code capabilities allow users without a knowledge...

IEX starts cross border electricity trade on its platform The Indian Energy Exchange, India’s premiere energy marketplace, announced commencement of the Cross Border Electricity Trade (CBET) on its platform. This is a first-of-its kind initiative for the Exchanges to expand their power markets beyond India to the South Asia region towards building an integrated South Asian regional power market. In a remarkable development following the notification of CBET Regulations by CERC...

Schneider Electric partners with top 1,000 suppliers to help reduce their operations’ CO2 footprint 50% by 2025 Schneider Electric has launched the Zero Carbon Project under which the company will partner with its top 1,000 suppliers that represent 70% of Schneider’s carbon emissions - to halve their operations’ CO2 emissions by 2025. The initiative is part of Schneider’s 2021-2025 sustainability goals, and is a concrete step towards limiting the rise...

Procter & Gamble commissions 1MW in-house solar plant at Hyderabad site Procter & Gamble announced the commissioning of its first in-house solar plant at the company’s Hyderabad manufacturing site. This is P&G’s first site in India and only the fifth manufacturing site globally to house a solar plant. Spread over 16,000 sq. mt. and comprising of nearly 3000 panels, the in-house solar plant has a capacity of 1MW clean energy production...

Adani Electricity Mumbai commissions synthetic ester oil filled transformer at Borivali Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited (AEML), an integrated power utility, recently commissioned India’s first Synthetic Ester Oil filled 220kV, 125MVA capacity power transformer in its Mumbai transmission network at 220kV Borivali EHV substation. According to AEML, unlike conventional mineral oil filled transformer, synthetic ester oil transformer has higher fire point (>300 deg.C), low heat of combustion (30.8 MJ/kg). Moreover, it offers...

India adds 9.7 GW of power generation capacity this fiscal till Feb 28 India added 9.7 gigawatt of power generation capacity during this financial year till February 28, 2021 which includes 3.8 GW of conventional energy and 5.9 GW from renewable sources. In 2019-20, India had added 15.8 GW of power generation capacity including 7.1 GW of conventional sources and 8.8 GW of renewable sources. From April, 2015 till February, 2021, India...

Hero Motors Company has unveiled its new hi-end export-oriented manufacturing plant at the Hero E Cycle Valley near Ludhiana in Punjab. Hero Motors Company’s Chairman and Managing Director Pankaj Munjal said that the plant will augment the company's annual production capacity to 10 million units, with a production of 4 million premium bicycles and E Cycles, majorly for global consumption. Along with the new plant, Hero E Cycle Valley will...